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1. Hi Everyone

   First of all thanks to developers for providing such a great tool.

   Sorry if I am asking here kind of a stupid question. WinSetupFromUSB provides five options, three of which are as follows:

   1. UBCD4Win/WinBuilder/Windows FLPC setup/BartPE.
   2. Linux ISO/Other Grub4dos compatible ISO.
   3. SysLinux bootsector/Linux distribution using SysLinux/Iso Linux.

   How may I know which is the above option is to be selected for an ISO? Or is there any tool available on the net to check ISO’s properties.

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   • Umm, have you looked at how the options are named? Which one has “ISO” in its name?

     Exception is the last one, since isolinux is name for a bootloader, just as syslinux.

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     • I have added Windows XP SP3, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 successfully. Now I have added Easy Recovery Essentials Windows XP, 7 and 8. EasyRE for Windows XP worked fine following procedure described here (http://neosmart.net/wiki/easybcd/tips-and-tricks/easyre-recovery-usb/). But when I added it in WinSetupFromUSB it didn’t work for me. For your information I added it under category “Linux ISO/Other Grub4dos compatible ISO”.

       Did I do anything wrong? Should I add that particular ISO under some other category? Or help me getting any tool that may tell me about ISO’s properties. Please help.

       Thanks again for the great tool from you.

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       • Not sure what exactly this ISO has in it, nor where to get it from, but take a look at this tutorial about which option to use:
         http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/find-source-type-which-option-to-use/

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         • Thanks for reply. I read the whole page and none of those may apply. Screenshot link is shown below for your reference.

           Your tool is really rocking. I tried a lot of software to put Windows XP Setup CD on USB, but none of them worked for me. It was WinSetupFromUSB that helped me do that. Bundle of thanks for providing such great tool.

           Screen shot link.

           [IMG]http://i59.tinypic.com/hspdty.jpg[/IMG]

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           • Can you post the same way screenshots for each folder in the ISO?

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             • Here are screenshots. Please have a look.

               http://s10.postimg.org/iwlx0cwh5/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_01.jpg
               http://s22.postimg.org/8md2iew01/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_02.jpg
               http://s28.postimg.org/4f4nzv3nh/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_03.jpg
               http://s2.postimg.org/73228n6k9/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_04.jpg
               http://s23.postimg.org/ixzj53xq3/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_05.jpg
               http://s1.postimg.org/q6rhrz0pr/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_06.jpg
               http://s12.postimg.org/d8ll9mefh/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_07.jpg
               http://s14.postimg.org/7fpvefwk1/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_08.jpg
               http://s10.postimg.org/4wt1zp9ih/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_09.jpg
               http://s28.postimg.org/w6kdlp931/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_10.jpg
               http://s8.postimg.org/xraz45wjp/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_11.jpg
               http://s14.postimg.org/p4rb4ggi9/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_12.jpg
               http://s12.postimg.org/st25rn3bh/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_13.jpg
               http://s1.postimg.org/l5tai380v/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_14.jpg

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               • Can you open grub.cfg in Notepad, post its contents on pastebin.com and post here the provided link?
                 Apparently it’s stripped down linux based distro and will have to add it manually to the USB disk.

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                 • There are 2 grub.cfg files in ISO.

                   1). Text of EasyRE.iso->boot[folder]->grub[folde]->grub.cfg[file]

                   #
                   # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
                   #
                   # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
                   # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
                   #

                   ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
                   if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
                   set have_grubenv=true
                   load_env
                   fi
                   set default=”0″
                   if [ “${prev_saved_entry}” ]; then
                   set saved_entry=”${prev_saved_entry}”
                   save_env saved_entry
                   set prev_saved_entry=
                   save_env prev_saved_entry
                   set boot_once=true
                   fi

                   function load_video {
                   insmod vbe
                   insmod vga
                   insmod video_bochs
                   insmod video_cirrus
                   }

                   insmod part_msdos
                   insmod ext2

                   ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
                   #set menu_color_normal=white/black
                   #set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
                   #if background_color 44,0,30; then
                   # clear
                   #fi
                   ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

                   #load_video
                   set gfxpayload=1024×768

                   linux (cd)/boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null autologin sound=noconf kmap=en acpi=off noapic nolapic noacpi nomodeset
                   initrd (cd)/boot/rootfs.gz
                   boot

                   2). Text of EasyRE.iso->boot[folder]->grub[folde]->i386-pc[folder]->grub.cfg[file]

                   insmod part_acorn
                   insmod part_amiga
                   insmod part_apple
                   insmod part_bsd
                   insmod part_gpt
                   insmod part_msdos
                   insmod part_sun
                   insmod part_sunpc
                   source /boot/grub/grub.cfg1

                   Screenshots are here:
                   http://s21.postimg.org/auyyzw2xz/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_15.jpg
                   http://s14.postimg.org/lnvghegkh/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_16.jpg

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                   • Copy the ISO file as EasyRE.ISO to /ISO folder on the USB disk. You might want to defragment it once copied, there is a WinContig program included in \files\tools\RMPrepUSB\WinContig\

                     Open menu.lst in root of the USB disk preferably NOT with standard Notepad, but with some more advanced editor like Notepad++ and add these lines at the end of it:
                     title EasyRE from ISO
find --set-root --devices=hf /ISO/EasyRE.ISO
map --unhook
map /ISO/EasyRE.ISO (0xff) || map --mem /ISO/EasyRE.ISO (0xff)
root (0xff)
kernel /boot/bzImage rw root=/dev/null autologin sound=noconf kmap=en acpi=off noapic nolapic noacpi nomodeset
initrd /boot/rootfs.gz

2. Sorry for late reply. I added ISO as EasyRE.ISO in ISO folder, ran defragmentation, made changes in menu.lst file (using copy paste from above text provided by you) and then tested in QEMU through WinSetupFromUSB. It raised an error, which I am attaching here.

   http://s27.postimg.org/icuev8u43/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_17.jpg
   http://s16.postimg.org/53aw368cl/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_18.jpg
   http://s12.postimg.org/83lznxh3h/Easy_RE4_XP_Screenshot_19.jpg

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   • Sorry, my bad.
     Please put right above root (0xff) this line:
     map --hook

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